11 February, 2017

It’s strangely simple to throw a parade on the streets of New Orleans - The Globe and Mail

It’s strangely simple to throw a parade on the streets of New Orleans - The Globe and Mail: "So six of us threw a parade on the streets of New Orleans for our pal Chris’s bachelor party. Two uniformed police officers on Vespas coaxed crowds and cars off the road, clearing a path as Chris, in a top hat, led the way with a plastic baton. Behind us, a five-man brass band announced our presence, tailed by a police cruiser. The roads were ours; this was a fully legal, licensed affair, and for 30 elating minutes, the cops made sure we could dance and drink as much as we wanted as we marched past swarms of onlookers.

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